Description |
1 online resource (263 p.) |
Contents |
Front Matter -- Contents -- List of plates -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Note on text -- Introduction: Naked ambition -- women artists and the modern nude -- "Ni homme, ni femme": Marie Vassilieff's androgyny -- Painting pleasure: Émilie Charmy and aesthetics of female jouissance -- Suzanne Valadon: a man as her muse -- Conclusion: Subversive sexualities -- Select bibliography -- Index -- Plates |
Summary |
Painters Marie Vassilieff, Émilie Charmy and Suzanne Valadon explored sexuality and questioned gender identity. Working in early twentieth-century Paris, these women contravened social mores, challenged traditional and avant-garde artistic practices and partook in the making of the modern nude |
Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Vassilieff, Marie, 1884-1957 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Charmy, Emilie, 1878-1974 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Valadon, Suzanne, 1865-1938 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Vassilieff, Marie, 1884-1957 |
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Valadon, Suzanne, 1865-1938 |
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Charmy, Emilie, 1878-1974 |
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Nude in art.
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Art, French -- 20th century.
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nudes (representations)
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ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945).
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Nude in art
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Art, French
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The arts: general issues.
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Art and Design.
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781526159847 |
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1526159848 |
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9781526159823 |
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1526159821 |
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